Storage

Persistent block storage for your compute instances with support for snapshots and backups.

What is Storage?

Storage provides durable, high-performance block volumes that you can attach to your virtual machines. Key concepts:

• Volumes — persistent disks you can create, attach, detach, and delete
• Snapshots — point-in-time copies of a volume
• Backups — longer-term copies that can be stored independently

When to use it

• Keep application data persistent across instance restarts
• Separate OS and data disks for flexibility and safety
• Take snapshots before risky changes or upgrades

Features

• Attach/detach volumes to instances at any time
• Resize volumes (where supported)
• Create/restore snapshots and backups

Next: Step-by-step Guide

Looking for a hands-on walkthrough? See the guide:

• Go to the Storage Guide → Create, attach, detach and manage volumes

Related links

• Compute → Launch instances
• Security Groups → Firewall rules